Method of making stitch-down shoes.



P. T. TAPPAN,

METEOD OF MAKING STITCH-DOWN SHOES.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

F. T. TAPPAN.

METHOD OFMAKING STITCH-DOWN SHOES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1912.

1,G$$,3?f Patented Aug. 20,1912.

2 SHEETSSEBET 2 51 1 w WtO'l FRANK T. TAPPAN, 0F COLDWATEB, MICHIGAN.

METHOD OF MAKING STITCH-DOVJ'N SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented Aug. 20, 1912.

Application filed March 1, 1912. Serial No. 680,964

1/ '0 all whom, 1t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK T. TAPPAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State of ll'lichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Stitch-Down Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in methods of making stitch-down shoes, and the object of my invention is to simplify and eheapen the construction of stitch-down shoes produced by well known methods.

By the use of my improved method I am enabled to attach any kind ofan inner sole to the upper of a stitch-down shoe while the upper is firmly drawn over the last, and free from wrinkles. Furthermore there are fewer operations in my method, than are necessary to produce the stitch-down shoes heretofore employed.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stitchdown shoe partly broken away showing the relative positions of the two soles the welt and the upper after the shoe is completed. Fig. 2'is a plan View of the inner sole showing the welt extended. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the inner sole showing the welt turned over upon the same: Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the upper turned in upon the welt of the inner sole. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. tshowing the adhesive material between the welt and upper and held upon the last while the same is hardening, and Fig. '6 is atransverse sectional view of the shoe on the last, after the tacks have been removed and the part of the upper and welt secured together, turned out and the row of stitching for curing the upper to the inner sole.

in carrying out my method of producing a stitch-down shoe, the inner sole'l is provided with pliable welt 2 which can be stitched thereto or it may he a pliable cover for the insole and extending beyond the insole to form a pliable welt therefor. This Welt is turned in upon the insole and placed within the upper of the shoe with the welt on the lower face of the insole. The upper 3 of the shoe is turned in at its lower edge as indicated at 4 upon the welt 2 and both the low-er face of the Welt 2 and the upper face or" the inwardly turned portion 45 of the upper are coated with some adhesive material, whereby they are cemented together. The inwardly turned portion of the upper and the welt are firmly held together by tacks 5 which also pass through the insole into the last 6. The shoe is left upon the last until the adhesive material thoroughly sets, when the tacks are removed and the welt and that part of the upper cemented thereto are turned outwardly as clearly, shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. Whileon the last the upper and welt are secured together by a row of stitching 7 which.

stitching passes as close as possible to the edge of the inner sole. When the welt and upper are secured together by this row of stitching the shoe is complete ready for the outer $419, which. is attached in the usual manner to the welt formed of the welt of the inner sole and a portion of the upper.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1.. Themethod of producing a stitch-down shoe, which consists in providing an insole with a downwardly and inwardly turned welt, turning the lower portion of the upper in upon the welt, then securing the inside of the lower portion of the upper to the outside of the Walt, then turning the-welt of the insole and the portion of the upper secured thereto outwardly, and attaching the outer sole thereto.

2. The method of producing a stitch-down shoe, which consists in providing an insole with an inwardly turned welt on its lower face, then turning the lower portion of the upper inwardly upon the welt, then cementing the lower portion ofthe upper thereto and holding them together until the cement hasset. and then turning the welt and that portion oi? the upper cemented thereto outwardly to form an outer welt,'stitching the layers of said outer welt together, and Securing the outer sol thereto.

The method at producing a stitch-down shoe, which consists in providing an insole with a welt turned inwardly upon its lower surface, then cementing the lower inwardly turned portion of the upper thereto and tacking the same together on the last and allowing the cement to set, then turning the .wclt outwardly together with that portion of the upper cemented thereto and'then securing the upper to the welt to-form an outer sole attaehiilg welt, and attaching the sole thereto;

4. The method of producing a stitch-down shoe, which consists in providing an insole with a welt turned inwardly upon the lower face of the inner sole, then cementing the lower inwardly turned. portion of the upper theret'o and securing themhe together in their inwardly turned position hy tee-ks passing therethrough and through the insole into the. last and ilrol ding them in s:1itl p'o'sition iintil the cement hasset, then removing the tacks and turning the welt nud'thutportion "of the upper eenuknted thereto outweirdly forln an outer soletnttnehinn welt, their stitching tluutpperxt'o the welt adjacent the outer edge 0E1 the insole and thou securing the outerso le to the welt. i v 1 l r 5. The method ot produeing a stitelrdown shoe w'hieli eonsis'ts in. providing an insole with an inwardly turned welt; then eementing thejlou er i I MYHi'l lly turned edge of the upper 1 thef'eto and scouring, the some together in their 'i'n'wiirdl turned position by tucks passing therethroughand through the insole :ind into the lust nnd letting it remain thus held'until ltlie eement hns,set then re inoviug the tacks and turning; 'the welt out wardly and that portion of the upper eemented thereto, then stitching the upper to the welt adjacent the outer edge of the insole, and then scouring the outer sole to the welt formed by the Welt of the insole and -the lower edge of the upper.

G. The method of yu'mlueing a stitelrdown shoe, which consists in provlding an insole wlth a covering upon one side vthereof and seemed thereto and extending beyond the it thereto, holding the Welt and upper together until the cement is set, then turning the welt and upper outwardly, stitching them together ad acent their point of separation to provide a sole attaching welt, and

seeming the outer sole thereto.

in testimony whereof I hereto afiix my signature in the presence of two untness FRANK T. TAPPA \Vitpes H. A'JCLosE,

OMAR IGIEENHAGK. 

